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Exodus speaks of the Breastplate the Priests work:
Exodus 25:7, 28:4,15,22-30, 29:5, 35:9,27, 39:8-9,15-21 and Leviticus 8:8
Isaiah writes of the Redeemer that shall come to Zion:
Isaiah 59:17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.

Paul speaks of our defense in the spiritual battle:
Ephesians 6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
1 Thessalonians 5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
The battle of Armageddon:
Revelation 9:9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
Revelation 9:17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.

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A Bow without an arrow would be a useless weapon. Even though an arrow in not mentioned, it is assumed to be in the bow. The bow is mentioned in Scripture over 90 times:
Appears in Genesis
Genesis 27:3, 48:22, 49:24
Appears in Joshua
Joshua 24:12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
Appears in 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 2:4 , 18:4 , 20:38
Appears in 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 1:18, 1:22 , 22:35
Appears in 1 Kings
1 Kings 22:34 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
Appears in 2 Kings
2 Kings 6:22 , 9:24 , 13:15-18
Appears in 1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 5:18, 12:2
Appears in 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 17:17, 18:33, 26:14-15
Appears in Nehemiah
Nehemiah 4:13, 4:16
Appears in Job
Job 20:24, 29:20
Appears in Psalm
Psalm 7:12-13, 11:2, 18:34, 37:14, 37:15, 38:2, 44:6, 46:9, 58:7, 64:3. 76:3
Psalm 78:9 , 78:57
Appears in Isaiah
Isaiah 5:28, 7:24, 13:18, 21:15, 41:2 , 66:19
Appears in Jeremiah
Jeremiah 6:23, 46:9, 49:35, 50:14, 50:29, 50:42, 51:3, 51:56
Appears in Lamentations
Lamentations 2:4, 3:12-13
Appears in Ezekiel
Ezekiel 39:3, 39:9
Appears in Hosea
Hosea 1:5, 1:7, 2:18, 7:16
Appears in Amos
Amos 2:15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.
Appears in Habakkuk
Habakkuk 3:9-11 Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.…. The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
Appears in Zechariah
Zechariah 9:10, 9:13-14, 10:4
AND Finally in the New Testament
Revelation 6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.

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Matthew 6:2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

Matthew 24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
1 Corinthians 14:8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
What EVERY BELIEVER SHOULD BE LISTENING TO HEAR:
1 Corinthians 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

Hebrews 12:19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:

Revelation 1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
Revelation 4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
Revelation 8:13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
Revelation 9:14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.

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Tools the Israelites had available for war

The Axe is normally NOT a weapon of war. But when there is no other weapon, the Axe will serve.
Likewise the Coulter; (Pitch)Forks; Harrow; Hoe; Mattock; Spade; Saw; — agricultural tools NOT usually weapons of war.

The Israelites did not possess weapons of war: (read vs 19)
1 Samuel 13:20-21 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
David defeats the city of Rabbah:
2 Samuel 12:31 And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 20:3 And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
The Lord speaks to Israel:
Jeremiah 51:20 Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

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No, the Trumpet is NOT as weapon in itself, BUT it is used in War. It communicates to the troops what their Leaders want them to do. ATTACK or RETREAT! Among other commands.
Therefore, it controls the troops and weapons.
Exodus 19:13, 19:16, 19:19, 20:18
Leviticus 25:9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.
Numbers 10:4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
Joshua 6:5, 6:20, 3:27
Judges 6:34, 7:16, 7:18
1 Samuel 13:3 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
2 Samuel 2:28, 6:15, 15:10, 18:16, 20:1, 20:22
1 Kings 1:34, 1:39, 1:41
Nehemiah 4:18, 4:20
Job 39:24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
Psalm 47:5, 81:3, 150:3
Isaiah 18:3, 27:13, 58:1
Jeremiah 4:5, 4:19, 4:21, 6:1, 6:17, 42:14, 51:27
Ezekiel 7:14, 33:3-6
Hosea 5:8, 8:1
Joel 2:1, 2:15
Amos 2:2, 3:6
Zephaniah 1:16, 9:14

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The power of God’s word:
Revelation 1:16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
Revelation 2:12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
Revelation 2:16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Tribulation Time:
Revelation 6:4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
Revelation 6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Revelation 13:10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
Revelation 13:14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
The power of God’s word:
Revelation 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
Revelation 19:21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

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An arrow without a Bow can be a weapon. There is Scripture where only the Arrow is mentioned.
Balaam prophesies over Israel:
Numbers 24:8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
God speaking about sinning Israel:
Deuteronomy 32:23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
Deuteronomy 32:42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
Jonathan warns David about Saul:
1 Samuel 20:20-22 And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark. And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the LORD liveth. But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.
1 Samuel 20:36-37 And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee?
The most High spoke and then:
2 Samuel 22:15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
The Lord warns the king of Assyria:
2 Kings 19:32 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it
Isaiah 37:33 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.
And to Job:
Job 6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
Job 41:28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble
From the Psalmist:
Psalm 18:14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
Psalm 21:12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
Psalm 45:5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
Psalm 57:4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalm 64:7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
Psalm 77:17 The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.
Psalm 91:5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
Psalm 120:4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
Psalm 127:4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
And from Proverbs:
Proverbs 25:18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Proverbs 26:18 As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
From Jeremiah:
Jeremiah 50:9 For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.
Jeremiah 51:11 Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.
And Ezekiel:
Ezekiel 5:16 When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
Ezekiel 21:21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.

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In the New Testament
Matthew 10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Luke 2:35 (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
Luke 21:24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Luke 22:36 Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
Luke 22:38 And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough.
Matthew 26:47 And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.
Mark 14:43 And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

Matthew 26:51-52 And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest’s, and smote off his ear. Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. Mark 14:47 And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
John 18:10-11 Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus. Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
Luke 22:49 When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?
Matthew 26:55 In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me. Mark 14:48 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?
Luke 22:52 Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?
Execution by Sword
Acts 12:2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
Acts 16:27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
Paul assures Believers of God’s Love
Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Romans 13:4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Ephesians 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
Only God’s word can separate Soul and Spirit
(Once saved, we become a triune being).
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
From the Hall of Faithful:
Hebrews 11:34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Hebrews 11:37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

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Lamentations 1:20, 2:21, 4:9, 5:9
Ezekiel 5:2, 5:12, 5:17, 6:3, 6:8, 6:11-12, 7:15, 11:8, 11:10, 12:14, 12:16
Ezekiel 14:17, 14:21, 16:40, 17:21, 21:3-5, 21:9, 21:12-15, 21:19-20, 21:28
Ezekiel 23:10, 23:25, 23:47, 24:21, 25:13, 26:6, 26:8, 26:11, 28:7, 28:23
Ezekiel 29:8, 30:4-6,11, 30:17, 30:21-25, 31:17-18, 32:10-12, 32:21-32
Ezekiel 33:2-6,26-27, 35:5,8, 38:4,8,21, 39:23
Daniel 11:33 And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
Hosea 1:7, 2:18, 7:16, 11:6, 13:16
Joel 2:8, 3:10
Amos 1:11, 4:10, 7:9, 7:11, 7:17, 9:1, 9:4, 9:10
Micah 4:3, 5:6, 6:14
Nahum 3:3, 3:15
Zephaniah 2:12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
Haggai 2:22 And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.
Zechariah 9:13, 11:17, 13:7

Continue In the New Testament
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1 Samuel 13:19 , 13:22 , 14:20 , 15:8 , 15:33 , 17:39 , 17:45 , 17:47 , 17:50-51
1 Samuel 18:4 , 21:8-9 , 22:10 , 22:13 , 22:19 , 25:13 ,31:4-5
2 Samuel 1:12,1:22, 2:16, 2:26, 3:29, 11:25, 12:9-10, 15:14, 18:20,
2 Samuel 20:8, 20:10, 21:16, 24:9
1 Kings 1:51, 2:8, 2:32, 3:24, 19:1, 19:10, 19:14, 19:17,

2 Kings 3:26, 6:22, 8:12, 10:25, 11:15, 11:20,19:7, 19:37
1 Chronicles 5:18, 10:4-5, 21:5, 21:12, 21:16, 21:27, 21:30,
2 Chronicles 20:9, 21:4, 23:14, 23:21, 29:9, 32:21, 36:17, 36:20
Ezra 9:7 Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
Nehemiah 4:13, 4:18
Esther 9:5 Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.

Job 1:15, 1:17, 5:15, 5:20, 15:22, 19:29, 20:25, 27:14, 33:18, 36:12, 39:22
Job 40:19, 41:26

Psalm 7:12, 17:13, 22:20, 37:14-15, 42:10, 44:3, 44:6, 45:3, 55:21, 57:4
Psalm 59:7, 63:10, 64:3, 76:3, 78:72, 78:64, 89:43, 144:10, 149:6

Proverbs 5:4, 12:18, 25:18, 30:14

Song of Solomon 3:8 They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.

Isaiah 1:20, 2:4, 3:25, 13:15, 14:19, 21:15, 22:2, 27:1, 31:8, 34:5, 34:6, 37:7, 37:38
Isaiah 41:2, 49:2, 51:19, 65:12, 66:16

Jeremiah 2:30, 4:10, 5:12, 5:17, 6:25, 9:16, 11:22, 12:12, 14:12-18, 15:2-3
Jeremiah 15:9, 16:4, 18:21, 19:7, 20:4, 21:7, 21:9, 24:10, 25:16, 25:27-31
Jeremiah 26:23, 27:8, 27:13, 29:17-18, 31:2, 32:4, 32:26, 33:4, 34:4, 34:17
Jeremiah 38:2, 39:18, 41:2, 42:16-22, 43:11, 44:12-13,18, 44:27-28
Jeremiah 46:10, 46:14,16, 47:6, 48:2, 48:10, 49:37, 50:16, 50:35-37, 51:50

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